New
Japanese TV interview about "Alone Again (Naturally)" and
songwriting in general added. Details.....
GILBERT
FORUM - 01
JUNE 2009
A
forum with a chat room have been added to the website to allow fans to share
their thoughts and ideas about Gilbert's music. Details....
CULTURE
PALACE, ISRAEL - 26 MAY 2009
Gilbert
played his second show in Israel at the Culture Palace in Tel Aviv on
Saturday 23 May. Details....
SHUNI
AMPHITHEATRE, ISRAEL -
25 MAY 2009
The
first of Gilbert's two shows in Israel was at the Shuni Amphitheatre on
Friday 22 May. Details....
CORNWALL -
18 MAY 2009
Gilbert
returned to the stage on Saturday night for his first live show of
2009. The venue was Fowey Hall in the beautiful town of Fowey on the
south Cornish coast and the occasion was the Daphne du Maurier Festival.
Details....
NASHVILLE -
25 MARCH 2009
PHOTO
BY ADRIAN McCARTHY
Gilbert
returned recently from a very successful recording session in Nashville
and was very happy with the results. He went initially with the
intention of recording six to eight songs, but the sessions went so well
that he extended his stay and recorded ten tracks. The tracks still
need a lot of work; in fact Gilbert has still to write lyrics for four of
the songs. He is particularly happy with the outcome of a ballad
called "All I Wanted To Say" and mentioned that "Hitler
Could Have Made It With You" turned out pretty good also. These
ten songs along with the four big orchestra songs he recorded in November
will form the basis of his next album. This is really the first time
Gilbert has recorded with a large orchestra since the 1995 release of
"Every Song Has It's Play". A choir has still to be added
to one of the orchestra songs. Ideally he would like to concentrate
solely on the new material and get it ready for release but he will need
to take some time out to prepare for the upcoming live shows. That
said, Gilbert hopes to have a new album released later this year.
USA DATES -
25 MARCH 2009
Still
no news about any live U.S. dates but efforts are ongoing. As I've
mentioned before, it is up to the promoters as to where and when Gilbert
will play in the USA, but Gilbert is very keen for it to happen. Two
dates have been pencilled in but not confirmed for Ireland
in November: Killarney [Nov 6] and Castlebar [Nov 7].
